The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 839

In the evening, the sky was full of sunset clouds, and the air in Daxing City was chilly. The discussions between the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty were still going on, but they had arrived at the military aircraft room from the Hall of Liangyi, and the huge sand table clearly showed the The mountains, fields, rivers, cities, roads, passes, and bridges in the territory of the Sui Dynasty, the Great Wall stretching from Liaodong in the east to Khan Futu City in the west, is like a vigorous dragon, rising to the vast sea, crossing the towering mountains, passing through Crossing the vast grasslands, crossing the vast desert, and undulating on the top of the mountains, it outlines the curved or straight national borders of the Sui Dynasty, full of majestic artistic charm.

This Great Wall is longer than the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, which starts from Hushan in Liaoning by the Yalu River in the east and ends in Jiayuguan in the west.

Seeing Yang Tong staring at the Great Wall, Li Jing said with a smile: "During the long history, Yinshan has always been the frontier for the nomadic peoples in the Central Plains and the north. If the Central Plains dynasty occupies Yinshan, the nomads will be forced to Retreat to Mobei; if the nomads occupy the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and own the fertile Monan Grassland and Hetao Plain, their strength will increase greatly, and if the Central Plains loses the barrier, the door will open wide. Mengtian of the Qin Dynasty led his army to defeat the Xiongnu and seize the south of Yinshan Mountain Shuofang, Yunzhong, Jiuyuan and other prefectures were established. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, when Chu and Han fought against each other, the Xiongnu took the opportunity to retake Yinshan, and their strength increased greatly. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that Yinshan was completely recaptured, and the Hetao Plain at the southern foot of Yinshan was firmly in his hands. The Xiongnu had no choice but to escape. The south has become the second line of defense for the north, and in the future it is only necessary to send troops to guard the Great Wall, and the nomads in the north will not be able to move half a step south."

"Although the Great Wall is good, we can't regard it as an insurmountable moat." Yang Tong sighed and said, "The Qin Great Wall starts from Lintao in the west and ends at Yalushui in the east. The Great Wall of Yan and Yan was built on the basis of the Great Wall of Han, Wei and Jin. In order to consolidate the northern frontier defense and defend the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Gao Yang of Qi also built the Great Wall of Qi, which is second only to the Great Wall of Qin and the Great Wall of Han. Emperor Wu of this dynasty also built purple The Great Wall of the River, the new Great Wall I am building now is even more unprecedented in scale. We have built the Great Wall for two purposes for generations, one is to isolate nomads, and the other is to keep the surrounding enemies out, but we finally found that the Great Wall can only be acquired It works for a while, it won't work forever."

"What is the Great Wall of Qi? I think it was Gao Changgong and Hu Luguang. They were demolished by Gao Wei; the Shuofang Great Wall and the Zihe Great Wall in the Sui Dynasty were tall and strong, but they were demolished by Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou respectively... If My descendants are not virtuous, and this Great Wall will be demolished sooner or later...so a dead Great Wall cannot be useful for a long time, Mingjun and the hearts of the people are the real Great Wall of Steel."

"To be honest, before I built this Great Wall, I was already prepared for it to be demolished." Yang Tong finally said.

"..." All the silent people showed a wry smile in unison: Everyone agrees with these words, but only Yang Tong dared to say them.

"My original intention for building the Great Wall is to protect the frontier people, and to hope that future generations will have the Great Wall as a line of defense, so that they can forge ahead without any worries. In addition, there is a deeper intention."

"What's the deeper intention?" Everyone dared to speak this time, and asked aloud.

"Do you think Emperor Wu built the Zihe Great Wall to defend against the Turks? Of course not!" Yang Tong continued, "Emperor Wu built the Great Wall for three years, and Qimin Khan didn't even have the courage to fight against the Sui Dynasty. The Turks are still looking for enemies all over the world, if Qimin shows hostility, he probably won't be able to learn martial arts, so why build the Great Wall?"

Li Jing, a veteran of the three dynasties, thought about it carefully and nodded in agreement: "During the northern tour, Emperor Wu led countless troops, and it seemed that he really wanted to attack the Turks, but Qimin Khan not only paid tribute to more than 2000 million cattle and sheep, but also weeded the grass to clear the way. .The respect is so respectful that people can't bear to fight."

"It was also on the northern tour. Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi, who accompanied the driver, violated the ban and took contraband such as pig iron, salt, weapons and armor, and raw materials for making bows and arrows to trade with the Turks. Emperor Wu was furious when he learned that, Nanyang The princess interceded to save the Yuwen brothers from the death penalty. However, after this case, Emperor Wu built the Zihe Great Wall in order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from transporting forbidden goods northward. Tens of thousands of people only need to storm one place and break through immediately. So the Great Wall looks tall and majestic, but it is already remarkable that it can prevent illegal traders and small groups of enemies going south. It is more to give border residents a sense of spiritual security.”

Everyone was stunned. They always believed that the Great Wall was designed to resist the nomadic cavalry going south, but Yang Tong said that the Great Wall was just a show, and its main function was to prevent the caravans selling forbidden goods from going north. This completely overturned their understanding of the Great Wall.

"All the words about the Great Wall should be recorded, even the flowery shelf and so on, and be kept as a core secret. Every emperor in the future will have to read it. Don't think that having the Great Wall will make you drunk." It was also because of those who were present They are all core members, otherwise Yang Tong wouldn't dare to say so much.

"Here." Everyone responded with awe, this is really not a joke.

Like them, the nomads fell into a blind spot of thinking, thinking that the Great Wall was great. If they knew the nature of the strong outside the Great Wall, and suddenly launched a fierce attack on a certain place on the Great Wall one day, with the sparse defenders of the Great Wall, they really couldn’t hold it for a day or two. An hour, this is related to the matter of thousands of generations, it can be concealed for a while, and it must not be publicized.

"My lord, I have something to say." Jiang Xingben said.

"please say."

"The Ministry of Industry has collected a large number of magnets from Qingzhou and Jizhou. This kind of stone always points in the same direction after being swayed randomly. This is why it can be used to make compass pointers. In addition to this feature, it can also attract small pieces of iron. If the magnets are placed at the gates of the border towns, it will definitely have a miraculous effect in searching pig iron and iron restraints." Jiang Xingben said with a smile.

"Your idea is very good, but can it absorb swords?" Yang Tong was very moved. The magnet is a natural magnet, but its adsorption force seems not enough, and it is impossible to absorb swords from a distance.

Jiang Xingben said: "Swords and armor can't be sucked up, but swords and armor can suck away small magnets. If you distribute small magnets with bells on the top, bottom, left, and right of the city gate, when it is sucked away, the bell will will make a sound."

"You can give it a try." Yang Tong nodded, and said, "However, I think you can also make a fuss on the suspension bridge. If you combine the two, you will get twice the result with half the effort."

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty."

"A cart of pig iron and a cart of furs of the same size have different weights. If the opposite bank of the suspension bridge is a few inches above the ground, then when the two cross the bridge, the sinking depth of the suspension bridge will be different, and the chains and buckles used will also be different. .”

"Your Majesty is saying that the suspension bridge should be designed as a large scale?" Jiang Xingben's heart moved.

Yang Tong nodded and said, "Exactly."

"This matter is promising, but I need to build a city gate and a suspension bridge to test it."

"of course."

. . . . .

While the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty were talking, a team that was a bit downcast but always maintained a guard of honor appeared outside Daxing City, which was a bit out of place with the crowd.

"Who are those people?" The gatekeeper pointed to the team from the east. These people were light-skinned and had thick beards. They were the exact opposite of the tall barbarians from the Western Regions. They were very short and had strange looks. Naturally, it aroused the vigilance of the guards.

"It seems that they are not the people of the Sui Dynasty, nor the barbarians of the Western Regions. Brothers, please be alert!" Although the captain of Chengmen didn't think there was a problem with the group of people who crossed Tongguan and arrived in Daxing, there were 200 strange people in this group. Many, the school lieutenant still followed the regulations and issued an order to let [-] elite soldiers come down from the city to block the way of this group of people.

The captain stepped forward and said loudly, "Stop coming!"

This team, like victims of disasters, stopped immediately, one person walked out slowly, and said very humbly in jerky Chinese: "We are not enemies!"

The captain found that this person was thin and small, but he was wearing the clothes of an adult Han, which was obviously very loose.That's all, the key is that he is not very old, but he has a beard all over his face, which looks extremely weird.He looked at the other people again, and found that one or two looked weird, they looked like refugees, and he really couldn't see how dangerous these people were, so he suddenly became interested, and looked around this person, as if he had discovered Like a great rare animal, he asked: "Where did you come from?"

"We are the Ezo envoys from the sea, and we are here to meet the Emperor Dachao!" The person who came was shocked, kneeling on the ground very humbly, touching his forehead to the snow, and there was a sense of sincerity in his voice meaning.

The captain was dumbfounded.He knew that some envoys from foreign countries would come to meet the emperor one after another, but he had never heard of the Ezo. They should be uninvited aliens, so they were not on the list issued by the court. The army has already released it, so there should be no danger, but this kind of thing is not something that a school lieutenant can decide.

"You guys just wait here, I'll report." The captain ordered.

"Okay, okay, general, don't worry, we can wait..." The visitor nodded and bowed respectfully.

"Hmm." The other party's respect and humility made the captain feel a sense of pride in the kingdom of heaven, and he straightened his body even more.

"Boss, what are these?" When the lieutenant returned to the city gate, a brigade commander stepped forward and asked.

"They are not things. They are envoys from the Ezo who came to worship the Holy One. They claim to be from the sea, but this Ezo is not on the list, and I can't let them go." Speaking of this, the captain ordered: "Take care of them." , I will report to the city.”

"Here." Lu Shuai agreed.

The school lieutenant patted his horse and galloped into the city, went straight to the official office of the Ministry of Rites, found Zhang Xuan, the left servant, and saluted: "Chen Chong, the school lieutenant of Dongchengmen, sees the servant Zhang."

"No gift!" Zhang Xuan returned the gift and asked, "What do you want from me?"

"Return to the servant, a team of foreign envoys came from outside the east city, saying that they are going to pay a pilgrimage to the Holy Majesty."

"Fanbang envoys?" Zhang Xuan asked in surprise, "There are so many Fanbang envoys from the east, have you asked where they are from?"

"The leader said that they came from a place called Ezo, and that Ezo was in the sea, so I don't know the truth of the humble job." Chen Hao said.

"Eizu belong to the Japanese tribe, and they really live in the sea." Zhang Xuan explained to Chen Hao.

"Thank you for your help, but this group of people is not on the list. Do you want to drive them away?"

"After all, they are people who come to worship, and they must not be blown away." Zhang Xuan shook his head and asked, "How many people have come?"

Chen Hao bowed and replied: "There are more than 200 people here, they look like refugees, but..."

Chen Hao hesitated to speak.

Zhang Xuan was surprised: "But what?"

"These two hundred people are short and thin. It is estimated that they are not as heavy as our hundred people."

"The Japanese and Ainu people in the sea are all like this. It's nothing strange." Zhang Xuan said angrily and funnyly: "Take them to the post house to settle down, and let the soldiers closely monitor them. Don't let these foreigners make trouble in the city." .”

"As ordered."

(End of this chapter)